Mildred Pierce and the Last Seduction

... Mildred Pierce and the Last Seduction Mildred Pierce and the Last Seduction are both film noir style films, but were made in different eras. This I s important because the audience response to the film and what went on in it has changed from what audiences used to see as acceptable so now there can be scenes of nudity and actors swearing but if that happened when Mildred Pierce was released people would have been appalled. Mildred Pierce starts with Mildred Pierce in a police station dressed smartly and in furs. The police station has very little lighting and there is a shaft of light across Mildred's face to show that even though she has chosen a wrong path she still has chance of redemption. The shot then cross-fades and the scene changes to a bright day in the middle of a street with a voice over. Because of the deliberately slow

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